Hahaha , this gives me a mental image something like the movie "batteries not included"

If you have any new questions make a new thread so it is easier to search for and the community to benefit from.

@Dave - if all else fails, there's the "Poor Man's Mechanic" solution for the servo noise: boost the volume of B9's Robot Sound channel until you can't hear the servo noise!

Yep, those mechanical sounds cover up a lot of annoying sounds.

Your avatar is a little freighting and disturbing. sick

Why, thank you! Just call me B(acon)9

Josh or anyone on the know,

As I stated above I want to tie two servos to each other and have them move exactly at the same time and speed (Tandem). Josh Suggested removing the control board in each and replace them with ultrasonsic PWM motor control boards. I found the below board that looks like a good choice.

Motor channels: 1 Operating voltage: 6 - 16 V Continuous output current: 12 A Peak output current: 30 A Auto-detect baud rate range: 300 - 115,200 bps Available fixed baud rates: 300 - 115,200 bps Available PWM frequencies: 20 kHz, 5 kHz Reverse voltage protection?: Yes USB connector style: USB Mini-B

Pololu Jrk 12v12 USB Motor Controller with Feedback

Now, these little wonders are expencive at $100 each. I'd have to pop anouther $200 to control the two servos I want to run in tandem. Any reasion I cant run two servos from just one controller if the max current draw of each combined is below the 12A Continuous output current of the JRK 12v12 controller?

Here's how I see it working: Remove the driver boards from each servo Solder wire directly from the servo motor lugs and ground of each servo Connect the new servo wires in parallel to the JRK's single motor output (A B). Only attach one pot from the two tamdem servo's to the JRK's Feedback input.

My thinking is that with both servos being controlled by the same control driver board and only one pot that they should move exactly the same. Only variable would be the gearing in each servo. Hopefully being the same make high quality servo this should not be an issue. Here's the servo from servo City and the Robotzone gearbox I'm useing:

Gearbox

HS-7950TH Servo

Very impressive Anthony! Thanks for the imput. However sadly I have tried the invert method as I mentioned in your Lexi thread. My servos move at slightly different speeds and one travels farther than the other useing the same values. Oddly they are identical brand of high quality servos. tired

Dave, I think I figured out why your dual servos don't work. Take a look at the specs on the servo page www.servocity.com/html/spg7950a-cm-360_servo_gearbox.html

Specifically, the diagram that defines the movement. Neutral is at 12:00. Time to rotate 180 degrees clockwise is 1900 microseconds, 180 counterclockwise is 1100 microseconds. Evidently it travels slower in one half of a 360 degree rotation, so by reversing one they are going out of synch.

Weird? yes - but that's how I'm interpreting that diagram. Experts: am I correct?

Humm, It takes longer for the servo to go one way then the other. That would explain it. Wonder why that happens. Thanks, Nice catch. i dont like the answer but it makes sense. Well, back to the drawing board. sick